Originally Posted by
gloopy
Walk away where though? Other than SKYW's pathetic mainline wanna be IndyAir2.0 fantasy, where are they going to go? CPZ isn't going anywhere. They just snapped up an RFP that they may or may not be able to staff. If they can staff it, the only reason is the DL flow that is attracting applicants for the massive guaranteed attrition, with the additional benefit of a guaranteed interview and growth, yet the growth depends on controlling the attrition.
GoJets has been pretty quiet through all of this though. Makes you wonder what's going on there.
They don't go it alone, they go to other carriers. For example, say you own 200 airplanes, 100 fly for AMR, and 100 fly for DAL. If you can only staff half the aircraft, then you don't staff both at 50%, you staff one at 100%, and simply drop the other ASA. This way you are not in breach of both contracts.
The Delta plan to reset rates looked absolutely genius before the shortage started, now these contracts look like they will be dropped. The reason is because the shortage is beyond the control of regional management, thus the regional can simply walk away from any ASA they choose.
Also, Delta can shut down 9E because of this, and not honor the ASA we have as well, just the SSP and EtD.